[R] Sampling given a table of percentages?

[Adaikalavan Ramasamy]

yes but add 'replace=TRUE' into that statement to sample with
replacement. 


On Wed, 2005-02-16 at 14:00 -0500, Liaw, Andy wrote:
> Wouldn't sample(length(V), prob=V) do?
> 
> Andy
> 
> > From: Ben Hyde
> > 
> > I have a vector V.  sum(V) = 100, i.e. it's percentages.  
> > length(V) is 
> > large.  I wish to generate samples (with replacement is fine), 
> > integers, in the range 1:length(V) who's distribution is 
> > driven by the 
> > distribution implied by the percentages in V.    V is unsorted, but 
> > that could change.  I'd rather not be too specific about the 
> > distribution of V.    I can certainly solve the problem 
> > intersecting my 
> > thin knowledge of R with my skills in programming, but I suspect this 
> > is trivial to somebody fluent in R.   Suggestions?  Thanks!  - ben
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